Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules
Administrative Rules Division (ARD)
AGENCY REPORT TO THE
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)
AGENCY INFORMATION:
Agency name:
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Division/Bureau/Office:
Bureau of Professional Licensing
Name of person completing this form:
Weston MacIntosh
Phone number of person completing this form:
517-241-9269
Email of person completing this form:
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:
Elizabeth Arasim
RULE SET INFORMATION:
MOAHR assigned rule set number:
2021-73 LR
Title of the proposed rule set:
Speech-Language Pathology – General Rules
1. Purpose of the proposed rules and background:
The Speech-Language Pathology – General Rules pertain to definitions, licensure, human trafficking training,
examinations, temporary licenses, clinical experience, educational standards, relicensure, renewal, continuing
professional development, collaboration, referrals, and physically invasive procedures for speech-language
pathologists.
Amendment of the rules will take place to supply necessary revisions on definitions, licensure, human trafficking
training, examinations, temporary licenses, clinical experience, educational standards, relicensure, renewal,
continuing professional development, collaboration, referrals, telehealth, and physically invasive procedures for
speech-language pathologists.
2. Summary of the proposed rules:
The proposed rules include revisions to clarify definitions and the meaning of terms used in the rule set and
grammatical or typographical edits to follow current drafting standards and reorganization to supply clarification for
easier reading; adopt the Speech-Language and Audiology Canada’s (SAC) Canadian Entry-to-Practice Exam for
Speech-Language Pathology (CETP Exam) as an approved licensure exam for licensure via endorsement; change
the temporary license requirements to bring them in line with the changes taking place on or after the effective date of
2024 PA 57; update accreditation standards; include a deadline for when an applicant may submit a request for a
waiver of continuing professional development requirements; include a provision that lets licensees know that they
may use completion of implicit bias training under R 338.7004 toward satisfaction of continuing professional
development requirements; supply conditions related to consent, scope of practice, and standard of care for telehealth
services; and include updated procedure information that a speech-language pathologist may perform under the
supervision of a physician.
3. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and publication
dates:
MCL 24.242 and 24.245